Re: Tales of Home [5]

by Pettytyrant101 Fri May 02, 2014 9:42 am

Glad to hear no one was hurt Eldo- and that you were not near it.

by bungobaggins Fri May 02, 2014 1:04 pm

Eldorion wrote:
bungobaggins wrote:Saw about this on reddit, happened in Baltimore, hoping it's not near you Eldo.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/major-sinkhole-involving-several-cars-opens-at-26th-street/

Thanks for your concern, everyone! Fortunately that wasn't near to me, though it was only two blocks away from a good friend's house. (Thankfully they weren't involved.) I was relieved to read that no one was hurt in the incident, but it's pretty terrifying. My first thought when seeing the photo was that it might have been a sinkhole, but it sounds like the side of a trench collapsed. I say trench, but these things are at least 20 feet deep and 40 feet across. They run between streets, below street level but open to the sky except when passing under roads, to allow train traffic through heavily built-up areas.

Glad to hear none were hurt and that you are safe, Eldo. Smile

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 5:54 pm

sinkholes are fucking scary...

on another note.. there is a trend going around here, people are dared to take a dip in the ocean within 24 hours or they owe u something of their choice. i have been challenged and i have this weekend to do it................ let me remind u guys it is fucking snowing outside! the water is 40 degrees fahrenheit...

by Pettytyrant101 Fri May 02, 2014 5:57 pm

Or you could just use some of your favourite words- as in 'fuck off you idiot Im not fucking well doing that!'

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 5:58 pm

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 5:58 pm

naaah.... i have to do it....

by Pettytyrant101 Fri May 02, 2014 5:59 pm

Yeah and if corpses could speak theres a mortuary full of teenagers would say that!

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 6:03 pm

oh may fucking god

by Eldorion Fri May 02, 2014 7:35 pm

Norc wrote:on another note.. there is a trend going around here, people are dared to take a dip in the ocean within 24 hours or they owe u something of their choice. i have been challenged and i have this weekend to do it................ let me remind u guys it is fucking snowing outside! the water is 40 degrees fahrenheit...

When I was like middle school aged a lot of people thought that if they dared me to do something I was required to do it. I think most of them grew out of it, but regardless, it is in fact really easy to say no. Wink

by Forest Shepherd Fri May 02, 2014 7:43 pm

Ugh, I remember with loathing my formative years and the dreaded "Triple-dog Dare."

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 8:28 pm

well, i think you're a pussy if u don't do it so i have done it Very Happy

editing the video now.

by halfwise Fri May 02, 2014 8:32 pm

That's my girl! Kissing

by bungobaggins Fri May 02, 2014 8:40 pm

Forest Shepherd wrote:Ugh, I remember with loathing my formative years and the dreaded "Triple-dog Dare."

by Pettytyrant101 Fri May 02, 2014 8:42 pm

I have quite a downer on dares- was at a party long ago in Glasgow and there was a lad at that thought it was pussy to chicken out a dare too- fell three storeys and they took him away in a body bag and we spend the night being interviewed by police, so yeah, not much time for stupid dares.

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 9:06 pm

yeah, but there is a difference between stupid dares and crazy dares.

by Pettytyrant101 Fri May 02, 2014 9:19 pm

Problem is its not always obvious which sort is which.

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 9:21 pm

someone with a brain would know the difference.

by Mrs Figg Fri May 02, 2014 9:21 pm

Norc wrote:naaah.... i have to do it....

no you dont. tell them I said so. Mad

by Mrs Figg Fri May 02, 2014 9:24 pm

Norc wrote:yeah, but there is a difference between stupid dares and crazy dares.

I would put jumping into the freezing sea under the heading stupid AND crazy. Tell them to do it first. Mind you this is the person who jumped off a moving ferry boat. so....... Shrugging

but I was lucky and stupid.

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 9:26 pm

i'm not jumping into it, i am wading out and dipping myself. otherwise i'd probably drown.

by Mrs Figg Fri May 02, 2014 9:27 pm

well just dip your big toe in then. Very Happy

by halfwise Fri May 02, 2014 9:28 pm

Wait, I thought you already made a video.

There's a difference between stupid dares and crazy dares.

Which one is more likely to get you killed? scratch

I'm backing Norc up on this one. Some dares are worth accepting as proof of gumption. But they must be accepted with breezy nonchalance, or all is lost.

by Norc Fri May 02, 2014 9:28 pm

i have already done it, figgy Wink

i am currently uploading the video to youtube Very Happy

by David H Fri May 02, 2014 9:38 pm

halfwise wrote:Wait, I thought you already made a video.

There's a difference between stupid dares and crazy dares.

Which one is more likely to get you killed? I'm backing Norc up on this one. Some dares are worth accepting as proof of gumption. But they must be accepted with breezy nonchalance, or all is lost.

I agree. The important thing is that you choose to do it or not to do it. It's the nonchalance, the taking ownership of the decision away from the darer, that makes you cool, not the act itself. Dares are a power game, and if you feel like you're being forced to do something, then you've just lost. Nod

by Mrs Figg Fri May 02, 2014 9:39 pm

oh

I hope you have something warm on. and had a nice warm drink